Okseon Lee

Okseon is a Ph.D. student focusing mainly on Teaching and Teacher Education and Community Youth Development. She earned her Master's degree in Physical Education at the Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. For over six years, she has taught elementary physical education in Seoul and for five years she was director of the Korean Youth Association. She also served as an in-service teacher education instructor at the Seoul National University of Education. Her present research interests include: 1) social and psychological dynamics in teaching and learning, 2) youth development programing for elementary school students, and 3) curriculum development in elementary physical education. Her primary duties include planning and teaching programs in Project Effort. She also teaches in the undergraduate physical activity program of ESS.

 

Tammy Schilling

Tammy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNCG. She is particularly interested in cross-age teaching and mentoring among underserved youth and preparation of undergraduate students for teaching diverse populations. Dr. Schilling's work has been published in journals such as Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Urban Review, and Community Youth Development Journal. She has spent the last five years working with youngsters in responsibility-based physical activity programs.

Ansu Lee

Ansu is a Ph.D in Teaching and Teacher Education, as well as Community Youth Sport Development in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. His primary duties include planning and teaching programs in Project Effort. Originally, he is from South Korea and received undergraduate and master's degrees in the Physical Education Department of Kyungpook National University, in Taegu Korea. He has presented papers at the Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance and Korean Society of Sport Psychology conferences. His present research interests include the factors influencing teacher burnout and human services for at-risk youth in Korea. He has a wide range of professional experiences, including public school and University teaching, as well as directing youth soccer programs for seven years in Korea.

 

Kathy Jamieson

Kathy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Her teaching, research, and scholarship are centered on sociological aspects of North American sport, with a special interest in social inequalities and experiences of women and Latinas/os in sport. Dr. Jamieson's research and scholarship has been published in the Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Sociology of Sport Journal, Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America, the Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States, and Reading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Jamieson has more than ten years of experience in municipal recreation, including the organization, implementation, and evaluation of youth sport leagues, and the education of youth sport coaches and parents.

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Donna Duffy

Donna is a Ph.D. candidate in Teaching and Teacher Education with a concentration in Community Youth Sport Development. She directs and teaches in several of the after-school programs for Project Effort. Donna also coordinates the mentoring program that is connected to these programs. Donna came to UNCG from Boston University where she did her undergraduate and graduate work. She has presented numerous papers at national and international forums and gives workshops to practitioners who work with youth in community agencies and school settings. Her research interests focus on service learning experiences of undergraduate and graduate students who mentor underserved youngsters. She also has a wide range of experiences ranging from teaching in alternative school settings to coaching nationally ranked field hockey teams.

 

Tiffany Fuller

Tiffany Fuller is a Ph.D student in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNCG. This is her first year working in Project Effort. Her primary duties include planning and teaching students in the various after-school programs. Tiffany came to UNC-G after teaching Health and Physical Education at Pumpkin Center Middle School. While at Pumpkin Center Middle School, she coached softball, volleyball, and developed a dance team. She was also an assistant softball coach at East Lincoln High School. Tiffany attended NC A&T State University where she received her B.S. Degree in Health and Physical Education, with a second concentration in Psychology. While at NC A&T she was a member of the Lady Aggie Softball Team, and the well-known E. Gwynn Dance Company. She was also an assistant volleyball coach at Dudley High School for two years. Tiffany also received her M.S. degree in Physical Education in which she specialized in Adapted Physical Education. While working on her M.S. degree at NC A&T, she was a part of Project T.A.P.E.R.S. developed by Dr. Gloria Palmer. Tiffany is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Tom Lipscomb

Tom Lipscomb is working toward an MFA in the UNCG Department of Broadcasting and Cinema. He moved here last fall from Virginia where he worked with children for several years as a teacher, counselor, and coach after graduating from Mary Washington College in 1994. Tom plans to produce documentaries after graduating from UNCG.

 

Tom Martinek

Tom is a Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. During his 25-year tenure at UNCG, Tom has focused his research efforts on the social and psychological dynamics of teaching and coaching. Dr. Martinek's work has been published in journals such as Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, Journal of Exercise and Sport Psychology, Quest, Urban Review, and Community Youth Development Journal. He has also authored or co-authored four books. He has spent the past eight years directing and teaching in youth development programs for underserved youth. Tom directs and teaches in five extended-day sport and in-school mentoring programs that serve over 100 youngsters. He provides pre- and in-service staff development programs for practitioners who work with underserved children and youth. The basis of his work with kids evolves from his past sequential research on teacher expectancy effects and learned helplessness.